Today's episode is the first in a multi-part series on  Lenin's theory of imperialism and how his ideas apply to the modern day  struggle against war and empire. Brian Becker and Walter Smolarek  discuss Lenin's landmark work "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of  Capitalism". Far from being a series of mistaken policy choices, Lenin  proves that imperialism is a compulsory system under modern capitalism.  These concepts are covered in detail in the book "Imperialism in the  21st Century: Updating Lenin's Theory a Century Later" published by  Liberation Media.

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